Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-08-07

hunting 4 boarding house. Iut ClOE was IA
| its GALA attire, and she now saw Tor the
/ first time the outside of its festivities
| Carriages sometimes containing men she
knew. flashed by her There WAS curly
headed Tom Carter. who was 80 ashamed
of being in one ui the departments: Dich
Rethel. who was So awtullg English and
Harry Benton who proposed to Il fresh
Heiress each season. 1t was me too, not
three scissors agp." thought Alice ~ she
,aw him. how glad he must be now that
he didn't yet me The next winter IT was
Minnie Boyd from Nevada, aud last year
that queer Miss Blythe. Who Will II be
this year, wonder
A few people recognized her, but only
one OF two stopped TO speak to her. II
was no longer a nine days wOuder that
poor John Leroy was dead, and people
ouly occasionally wondered what his wlie
aud daughter would DO, since he left them
nothing. But condolences had been duly
written OF telegTaphei and society ielt tna'
il had done It's duty, and felt mild IN
terest in his possible successor
Alice Wa, going back TO her hotel at dusk
after having found clearinghouse IN
West Washington. when she met olu
Colonel TABLET. solGlrriv Inquire IN his MS
shabby coat with its empty sleeve.
''Why. Miss Alice, Is il YOU be SaId
WHY are You out out 80 late alone:
II am here clone, Colonel sad Alice
rs brayely rs the lump in her throat would
!r, her. 81 have come to get III office.
Child you may rs well 20 home. 1t Is
no Use here
But il is Use, she persisted. know
all our Senators ami Representatives.; they
cannot refuse to help poor papa dIugh-
ter"
"Oh, Nv child. how little you know;
they will all promise, and perhaps SOME oil
them will try. But the ranks are iuil,
and men and women are Whiting Tor each
vacancy. You know the old saying
..F4v, lie and none resign. For answer
llire burst into tears.
oh, Colonel, don't discourage me. II
IS 50 uecrs .ary. Mamma Is with Uncle
TOMS family, and you know they are not
very congenial must get work 81 that
she r,,a come 10 me.
We'll, well, perhaps I'm wrong. only
wish I could help you, poor child-ior II :
hard work
And hard work Alice found it, She
went 10 see some OF her fathers old friends,
men who she knew 20 be- under Obligations
10 him, aud told her story. pnc and all
assured her she must STE heI own Senators
and REPRESENTATIVES. 'I'm on the wrong
side, said one powerful man. My m
luence would 40 you more hUCm than
GOOD. Another advised her to pay some
. /. Z at lrt.r I'M
some said II was no Use 10 try, Others cheer
FULLY assured her that she only need ask
through her own representatives to get
what she wanted at once, hutuO one offered
TO help her. Is paps forgotten already:
,he asked % herself rs she went home,
The next day she took courage and went
TO see her senior senator. She could not
make up her mind TO 20 to the Senate SO
she went 70 his house where she had 50
often visited. The waiting room was full
OF callers of all degrees from the female
lobbyist in widow weeds 20 the country
constituent doing the capital, Alice had
not very long to wait AFTER her card Was
taken m. but WAS usheryd into the private
room, watched by cnylous eyes.
"Why. bless my soul, Miss Leroy. Is
this voug Al, \ sad ease, sad ease,
pltting her hand, but YOU know the Will
OF Providence. will OF Providence. VIVA;
can do for YOU Mrs. Smith ami the
girls haven't got 10 town yet; expect en-
soon, though, expect 'cm soon.
Senator. " said Alice. II want office.
You know poor papa lost everything be
tore-bstore he died, and / must have